Spain’s ITV Booking Site Only Speaks Spanish: Here Is Every Field in English

To book an ITV appointment in English in Andalusia, you need a workaround: VEIASA’s only official booking site, itvcita.com, runs in Spanish and Dutch, not in English. This guide translates every field in the order you meet it. You need your number plate plus the first registration date or the chassis number, and a petrol car under 1,600 cc costs 33.28 € with everything included.

How to Book an ITV Appointment in English: Every Field Translated

VEIASA, the inspection company of the Junta de Andalucía, takes bookings for its ITV stations on itvcita.com and by phone on 959 99 99 99. The site opens with a notice box in Spanish. It lists the ways to pay and says that only the registered keeper, or someone they have authorised in writing beforehand, may book. Click Entendido (Understood) to close it, and the tab Solicitar Cita (Request appointment) is already open.

1. Matrícula (number plate): type it without spaces or hyphens.
2. Otro dato del vehículo (another vehicle detail): pick Fecha Matriculación (dd/mm/aaaa) for the first registration date or Nº Bastidor for the last six digits of the chassis number (VIN), then click SIGUIENTE (Next).
3. Choose the inspection type. For the regular test it is periódica (periodic); a check after a modification, for example, counts as non-periodic.
4. The system proposes a slot. Before you accept it, you can still change the station, the date and the time.
5. Confirm with your personal details and the security code. This is also where you can pick Pagar la ITV con tarjeta (pay by card): nothing is charged when you book, the card is debited on the day of the inspection.
6. The last screen, the Comprobante (receipt), shows your localizador (booking code). You need it together with the plate to cancel under Anular Cita or to move the slot under Modificar Cita.

Lost the code? Then cancelling only works by phone on the same number, because the customer line 955 54 89 55 takes no bookings. VEIASA also points out that itvcita.com is its only official booking site, so other websites offering ITV slots are not run by the company. Dutch speakers get their own version through the flag at the top of the form. If you run the page through a browser translator, the buttons change their names, which is why this list sticks to the Spanish labels you will actually see.

What the ITV Costs in Andalusia

VEIASA charges the same prices at all of its stations, and they already include 21 % IVA and the 4.18 € traffic fee (tasa de tráfico). The first column applies when no emissions test is needed, the other two include the petrol or the diesel test. The VEIASA price list goes back to a resolution of the Junta de Andalucía of 19 December 2016.

Prices including 21 % IVA and 4.18 € tasa de tráfico. Source: VEIASA, Tarifas ITV. Checked on 29 September 2026.

For a car under 1,600 cc, and for electric, hybrid and adapted cars, that means 29.11 € without emissions test, 33.28 € with the petrol test and 38.39 € with the diesel test. From 1,600 cc the bill climbs to 39.34 €, 43.52 € and 48.62 €.

Timing matters too. Book or pass the inspection within your legal deadline and VEIASA takes 10 % off the tariff; more than a month late, it adds 12 %. Neither adjustment touches IVA or the traffic fee, and the mobile units do not apply them. At the station you pay by card or contactless only. Cash works just in advance, with a payment letter (carta de pago) at a Unicaja branch.

When Your Car Is Due for the ITV

Spain sets the intervals nationally in Royal Decree 920/2017, so they are the same in every region. A private car is exempt for its first 4 years, then it goes every 2 years, and once it is over 10 years old, every year. Motorcycles also start after 4 years but stay on every 2 years for good.

You do not have to wait for the last day either. VEIASA lets you pass the ITV up to 30 days before it expires without losing a single day, because the next due date is still counted from the old expiry date. You find that date on your ITV card and on the last inspection report.

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The Process at the Andalusian Testing Station

Come a little early. Keep the papers in your hand, not in the glovebox. You stay in the driver’s seat for most of the test, so the inspector’s hand signals are the part to watch.

Mandatory Documents

VEIASA asks for two documents: the registration certificate (permiso de circulación) and the original ITV card (tarjeta ITV, often called ficha técnica), which the station stamps at every inspection. Your compulsory insurance must be valid as well. If you still need a Spanish driving licence, our guide on getting a driving licence in Spain covers the test.

• Permiso de circulación: the Spanish registration certificate.
• Tarjeta ITV or ficha técnica: the original, because it gets a stamp.
• Proof of insurance: only needed if your policy does not show up in the DGT register, but without it the inspection does not start.

What Do the Inspectors Check Most Strictly?

With modifications, check your papers twice. An aftermarket tow bar, tinted windows or different alloy wheels that are not entered in your Spanish documents count as a defect, however good they look. Prepare the car to Spanish rules, not to the rules of the country it came from.

• Modifications: Everything (tuning, tow bars) must be officially registered in the Spanish vehicle documents.
• Emissions: A measured test, for diesel engines with an opacity reading.
• Bodywork & Tyres: No cracks in the windows, exact tyre dimensions as stated in the paperwork, and sufficient tread depth.
• Lighting: All lights, indicators, and the horn must function flawlessly.

1. Registration (Oficina): Park your car and take all your documents to the office. There you pay the fee, by card or contactless.
2. The Testing Lane (Línea): You then drive your car into the assigned hall. You stay inside the car almost the entire time. An inspector will give you hand signals to test the indicators, brakes, hazard lights, and windshield wipers.
3. The Underbody Check: You have to drive over a shaker plate while the mechanic under the car tests the suspension and brake lines.
4. The Emissions Test: The engine is often revved high to measure exhaust emissions.

If there are no defects (defectos), you leave with the new sticker (distintivo V-19) and a fresh stamp on your ITV card. The sticker goes on the inside of the windscreen, top right.

If Your Car Fails the ITV

The report shows one of three results. Favorable is a pass, although minor defects listed on it still have to be fixed within two months. Desfavorable means serious defects: the car may only go to the workshop and, once repaired, back to the station, and you have two months from the first inspection to pass the second. Negativa stands for very serious defects, and then the car has to be towed.

You can take the re-test to any VEIASA station, not only the one that failed the car. Anyone stopped with an expired or failed ITV commits a serious offence under article 76 of the Spanish traffic law, which the DGT fines with 200 €. More on current penalties is in our overview of traffic fines in Spain.

Two months is a long time without your own car. If you still need to get to work, school or the airport while it sits in the workshop, a short-term rental bridges the gap.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Verdict

Booking the ITV in Andalusia runs step by step on itvcita.com, in Spanish or Dutch, and a petrol car under 1,600 cc then pays 33.28 € with IVA and traffic fee included. With the field names above, the language stops being the hurdle.

A traffic stop with an expired ITV costs you 200 €, and booking more than a month late adds 12 % to the tariff. Inside the 30 days before expiry, you keep your full interval and the 10 % reduction.